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Worried about who is watching Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) meetings has band councillors clamping down on who gets to watch them. SNEC unveiled a new, simplified website during its Oct 13th session that will soon include a secure portal that will allow only band members to view public council meetings. SNEC\u2019s plan is to move access to its meeting recordings and livestreams into a secure online portal that would restrict viewing to verified community members, it introduces a redesigned website intended to improve access to information while strengthening privacy. Six Nations CEO Debra Jonathan outlined the plans during SNEC\u2019s General Council meeting on Oct. 13, confirming that the new website, Sixnations.ca, is now live, while the community member portal is still under development. The proposed portal would require users… <\/p>\n

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Worried about who is watching Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) meetings has band councillors clamping down on who gets to watch them. SNEC unveiled a new, simplified website during its Oct 13th session that will soon include a secure portal that will allow only band members to view public council meetings. SNEC\u2019s plan is to move access to its meeting recordings and livestreams into a secure online portal that would restrict viewing to verified community members, it introduces a redesigned website intended to improve access to information while strengthening privacy. Six Nations CEO Debra Jonathan outlined the plans during SNEC\u2019s General Council meeting on Oct. 13, confirming that the new website, Sixnations.ca, is now live, while the community member portal is still under development. The proposed portal would require users... <\/p>\n

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